Ayers gets $9.7 million guarantee

Fresh off signing a five-year contract that according to an NFL source includes a $9.7 million guarantee _ a 16 percent increase from the $8.36 million guarantee Baltimore quarterback Joe Flacco received as the No. 18 pick last season _ rookie outside linebacker Robert Ayers spent his first afternoon of training camp working out on his own. He ran through the team conditioning test prior to the team’s 5:30 p.m. practice, then headed off to the weight room as practice began.